From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10fec3,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid10fec3,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 111308,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid111308,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b19fa62fdce575f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 108a70,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid108a70,public X-Google-Thread: 108717,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-16 09:32:36 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.object,comp.databases.sybase,comp.databases.oracle,comp.client-server Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!fauern!zib-berlin.de!prise.nz.dlr.de!news.dfn.de!Germany.EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!swrinde!pipex!uunet!psinntp!ss3!jakrzy From: jakrzy@ss3.magec.com (James A. Krzyzanowski) Subject: Re: Why don't large companies use Ada? Message-ID: Followup-To: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.object,comp.databases.sybase,comp.databases.oracle,comp.client-server Organization: Magnavox Electronics Systems Company X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <3a6oc5$dkh@nntp1.u.washington.edu> <3aalmo$4el@gordon.enea.se> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 17:32:36 GMT Xref: nntp.gmd.de comp.lang.ada:16844 comp.lang.c:69165 comp.programming:12942 comp.lang.c++:79641 comp.object:17547 comp.databases.sybase:13177 comp.databases.oracle:22487 comp.client-server:6918 Date: 1994-11-16T17:32:36+00:00 List-Id: Erland Sommarskog (sommar@enea.se) wrote: : My point is that just because you know C, doesn't mean that you have : less to learn to become a good C++ programmer, than someone whose : never seen C before. In fact, if you have experience in Eiffel, Simula, : : From this follows that if you have a bunch of C programmers (or Cobol : programmers, an even more common phenonemom), you wish to re-educate, : Ada or C++ is not much difference. It is a considerable investment : in both cases. : Of course, in real life managers think it is much easier to upgrade : the C programmer to a C++ programmer than an Ada one, and goes on : shooting himself in the foot. Does this mean the official name for Ada-9X should be C-Ada ??? ;^} -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- James A. Krzyzanowski - Senior Software Engineer - AFATDS Magnavox Electronic Systems Company * Fort Wayne, IN 46808 * (219) 429-6446 E-Mail : jakrzy@most.magec.com